Friday, May 20, 2011

Kim Burrell - The Love Album 2011 English Christian Album Download

The Love Album is the latest Christian Gospel Album released by American Christian Gospel Singer Kim Burrell. This album was released on May 17th, 2011 and released under the label Shanachie Records.

Album Details::

Album :: The Love Album

Artist :: Kim Burrell

Release Date :: May 17th, 2011

Genre :: Gospel

Label :: Shanachie Records

Location :: Houston, Texas

Kim Burrell - The Love Album 2011

History ::

Kimberly Burrell is an American gospel singer from Houston, Texas. She calls her musical style jazz gospel. Though she is comparatively new to the gospel music industry, having only performed since 1989, she has quickly become one of the most influential voices in the genre, often named as "this generation's Ella Fitzgerald". In 2010 she founded The Love & Liberty Fellowship Church, where she serves as Pastor. Recently, she collaborated on a duet with world-famous vocalist Whitney Houston at the 'Celebration of Gospel' which aired 31 January 2011.

Life and career

Though Burrell battled double pneumonia for eight years as a child, she performed her first solo with the church choir at the age of only one year old singing Andraé Crouch's "Hallelujah Praise". She is the daughter of a pastor in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). Burrell began her gospel career proper performing with Reverend James Cleveland's GMWA Youth Mass Choir, Trinity Temple Full Gospel Mass Choir of Dallas and The Inspirational Sounds Mass Choir of Houston.

In 1996, she appeared on Ricky Dillard & New G's "Worked It Out" album, as the feature on the reprise of "Jesus Paid It All", which is credited as the turning point of her national career.

Her first independent album, Try Me Again, was released on the Texas-based boutique label Pearl Records in 1995. Though limited distribution kept the album from nationwide recognition, it did build a strong reputation that led to her being signed to Tommy Boy Gospel and the now-classic Everlasting Life, produced by Asaph Alexander Ward. The album performed well and peaked at #12 on the Billboard Gospel Charts.

Quickly becoming known as a virtuoso vocalist and pianist, it seemed only logical to produce a live album which Burrell recorded in November 2000 at the annual COGIC Convention in Memphis, Tennessee. Though the recording of the concert was widely said to be troubled, requiring notably some overdubs and post-production, the resulting Live In Concert album released in 2001 satisfied eager fans and earned Burrell a Grammy nomination for Best Soul Gospel Album in 2002.

Though her then-label, Tommy Boy Gospel, closed shortly after the release of Live In Concert, by 2002, she had already signed a recording contract with Elektra Records who had newly considerable success in the gospel market with signing Yolanda Adams and Karen Clark Sheard. Unfortunately, this contract yielded only a guest appearance on the all-star gospel track Missy Elliott-produced "Higher Ground" which first appeared as a bonus track on Missy's album Miss E... So Addictive, but was later featured on Karen Clark Sheard's 2nd Chance album.

Since that time, Burrell has become a wife and mother with a son by the name of Christian. She has continued to perform live and to collaborate with other artists. Though only intermittently active as a recording artist, Burrell has established and hosts the Ephesians 4 conference annually to show up-and-coming singers, dancers and other artists how to improve the quality of their craft.

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Tracklisting ::

01. Lets Make it to Love 02. Sweeter 03. Love So Pure 04. Love's Holiday 05. Open up the Door 06. Is This The Way Love Goes? 07. A Lil' More Time 08. Jesus is a Love Song 09. Love Me in a Special Way 10. Pray for Love